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Going to the Chapel
In 1845 R.E.B. Baylor founded the university that bears his name; in 1886 the Baptist General Convention established the Waco campus. Originally, students had to pray in chapel every day to graduate from this Baptist university. Chapel requirements have since shrunk to twice a week for two semesters. Baylor's NoZe Brotherhood recently released four thousand Ping-Pong balls during a ten o'clock chapel service.
Record Maker
Bill Beall coached the Baylor Bears football team to an unholy 3-28 record from 1969-1971. The Bears went 0-10 in 1969 and scored 74 points in the entire 1971 season. Beall almost resorted to the Hail Mary.
Those Were the Days
By the 1890's, Waco badly needed prayer. Cowboys called the town Six-Shooter Junction, and gamblers called it home. By popular demand Waco legalized prostitution in 1889, only the second U.S. city to do so after Omaha, Nebraska. The Army put a stop to the red-light district (called the "Reservation") and opened...